BJP leader suffers heart attack at party office, dies

BENGALURU: A BJP leader from Hiriyur taluk in Chitradurga district died at the party office here after he suffered a heart attack on Monday.

Siddesh Yadav (49), the party’s OBC morcha state general secretary, was in the city to participate in a meeting of party office-bearers. He suffered a heart attack when he was coming out of the party office and collapsed.

He was immediately rushed to KC General Hospital, but did not survive. Siddesh was also former BJP president of Chitradurga district and in charge of Ballari.